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Historical Event on 8/4/1993

Tarabai Bapat, daughter-in-law of revolutionary Senapati Bapat, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/15/1972Nirmalkumar Bose, great Indian human scientist, died.
10/14/1955Colombo Plan conference held at New Delhi pleas for technological aid to Asia .
12/23/1912Rash Behari Ghosh and Sachin Sanyal threw a bomb at Viceroy Lord Hardinge II in Delhi. He had come to Delhi on an elephant for the initiation of the new capital. The Viceroy was injured in the bomb blast.
1/19/1995Prof. Armaity Desai, eminent Sociologist, appointed the new UGC Chairperson.
1/18/1982Six thousand labor activists arrested in two days and national strike called in New Delhi.
9/29/1997IRS-1D, fourth Indian Remote Sensing satellite, successfully launched off by PSLV-CI, the country's first operational polar satellite launch vehicle, from Sriharikota. With this launch, India became a member of the exclusive club of nations capable of launching the heavier class of satellites.
8/14/1920Rushikesh Mulgaonkar, Air Chief Marshal (1976-78), was born.
1/5/1941Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi jr., Indian batsman & youngest Indian Test Captain), was born in Bhopal.
8/14/1998The Government transferred Revenue Secretary N. K. Singh and Finance Secretary Montek Singh Ahluwalia.
8/14/1998Akbar removed 'Jeziya' or toll-tax for his non-Muslim subjects.